The Moon: NEXT, MARS AND BEYOND

EVEN as man prepared to take his first tentative extraterrestrial steps,
other celestial adventures beckoned him. The shape and scope of the
post-Apollo manned space program remained hazy, and a great deal
depends on the safe and successful outcome of Apollo 11. But well
before the moon flight was launched, NASA was casting eyes on targets
far beyond the moon. The most inviting: the earth's close, and probably
most hospitable, planetary neighbor. Given the same energy and
dedication that took them to the moon, says Wernher von Braun,
Americans could land on Mars...